Organising RoRo cargo: A client checklist


For the purposes of this brief article, a "RoRo" operation is defined as the movement of a large piece of equipment or cargo to or from a quayside to a floating ship or barge using multi axle, high capacity hydraulic trailers.


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When organising complex RoRo cargoes, if following best practise, your heavy lift partner should be looking after a number of key issues


on your behalf. Unfortunately however, this is not always the case. To ensure that you are therefore receiving the services you require, presented here is a helpful checklist of points you may wish to clarify prior to fixing your vessel. It is advisable to do so before contracting for the move; equally it may serve to enable you to check that all is in order during the course of the project.


1


Be clear on who is picking up charges for port costs at each end of the voyage. If the owner is taking these, then also


make sure that there is no "cap" on the charges they are prepared to accept or exclusions that you are not expecting.


2


RoRo operations require the vessel to be trimmed and ballasted throughout the operation and in order to do


this safely a number of calculations will need to be carried out beforehand. Ensure that you or your heavy lift partner has sight of these and ensures that they meet industry standards in terms of reserve of stability and ballast pump capacity.


3


Make sure you understand who is to carry out these calculations for ballasting during load out or loading; equally


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Society of Maritime Industries Handbook & Members’ Directory 2020


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